Holy Cow Statue Discovered In Mazandaran

CHN (Cultural Heritage News) ^ | 9-28-2005

[humblegunner]

the people of the region worshiped oxen and humped cows

I'm sure the oxen were glad of this.

The cows were deeply saddened.

[RicocheT]

I like the ones at Kopp's Custard in Glendale, WI better.

[Arthalion]

Headline, November 23, 4505.

Archaeologists Discover Chicken Gods

- Archaeologists today announced a stunning discovery during their excavations of the ancient middle American city of Saint Louis. They have determined that this ancient culture, which flourished from the 17th to 23rd centuries on the American continent, worshipped a chicken god. "We discovered that the food preparation areas of at least a third of the homes examined contained statuary, pottery, or engraved images of fowl," said Dr. Joe Brown of the Lunar Archaeological Institute. "This type of discovery can only indicate that the ancient Americans worshipped chickens, probably as a god of plenty, harvest, or food. It's presence in all of these food preparation areas indicates that these ancient peoples probably prayed to their chicken gods before meals". Archaeologists went on to point out that the worship of chickens seems to fit well with the bird-centered culture of the old west. "When you look at the overall picture, the chickens in the food preparation areas, the flamingo statuary discovered in front of many ancient homes, and the ubiquity of KFC temples where the ancients apparently worshipped birds, we can be left with no other conclusion than this...our ancestors were a bird centered culture." Dr. Brown closed with a statement that his research should finally close the lid on the controversial "one god" theory, "It's now clear that they didn't really worship their TV sets."

I've always loved the way archaeologists draw some of their conclusions. They find a bunch of cow statues, and so decide that they MUST be religiously bent.

[TheForceOfOne]

Moooo! Moooo! Moooo! Moooo! Moooo!

Translation: Cow to English "We have come for the secret statue of Cow! hand it over or prepare to be hoofed!"

[DumpsterDiver]

These statues are evidence that the people of the region worshiped oxen and humped cows 3000 years ago.

Unintended comedy ping.

I completely missed that the first time aroud. LOL.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

ROTFL! Excellent.

[conservatrice]

LOL ping.

[Red Badger]

I love white chocolate!.........

[SunkenCiv]

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[Joe 6-pack]

I don't have any beef with you; I just wanted to point out that there may be a lot at steak here.

[A message]

Very Good!!!

Wait until archaeologists dig up Las Vegas in 4 or 5 thousand years. It will undoubtedly be the religious seat of the long lost tribe of America.

[Redcitizen]

Said Mt Sinai is in Saudi Arabia, not the Sinai Peninsula as is commonly believed.

[RightWhale]

The discovery of these sculptures indicates that the people of the region worshiped cows 3000 years ago.

The discovery or the sculptures? Anyway, they were at most practicing sympathetic magic. Not worship, that would be a stretch.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

We have them here too...

[b4its2late]

And the cow produces holy crap?

[Red Badger]

I know. The Saudi gov will not allow ANYBODY near it..........

[pillut48]

Yes, I was questioning the grammatical correctness of this sentence as well! LOL. Oh, the visuals.

[TXBubba]

I like the ones at Kopp's Custard in Glendale, WI better.

My husband has a picture of those as his wallpaper now. Makes me hungry every time I walk by his computer.

[11Bush]

Maybe they uncovered a 3000 year old Stucky's and those are coffee creamers?

[dighton]

These statues are evidence that the people of the region worshiped oxen and humped cows . . .

Catch of the day.